James M. Killian

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James M. Killian is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Killian has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Neurology and 9 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in James M. Killian's work include Hereditary Neurological Disorders (11 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). James M. Killian is often cited by papers focused on Hereditary Neurological Disorders (11 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (9 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (7 papers). James M. Killian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. James M. Killian's co-authors include James R. Lupski, Pragna I. Patel, Pentao Liu, Barbara J. Trask, Carlos A. Garcia, Vito Guzzetta, Odila Saucedo‐Cárdenas, Susan Slaugenhaupt, David F. Barker and Roberto Montes‐de‐Oca‐Luna and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

James M. Killian

37 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

DNA duplication associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A

1991 1.0k citations James R. Lupski, Roberto Montes‐de‐Oca‐Luna et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James M. Killian United States	27	1.6k	1.0k	1.0k	541	522	39	3.6k
Stefano Amadio Italy	25	716 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	520 0.5×	504 0.9×	308 0.6×	46	3.0k
Ubaldo Del Carro Italy	31	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	584 0.6×	604 1.1×	310 0.6×	81	3.9k
I. K. Hart United Kingdom	21	801 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	337 0.6×	193 0.4×	38	3.5k
Ichiro Yabe Japan	37	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	427 0.8×	230 0.4×	255	4.1k
Hidenao Sasaki Japan	41	2.0k 1.3×	2.2k 2.2×	2.1k 2.0×	532 1.0×	233 0.4×	240	5.3k
O. Lyon‐Caen France	31	772 0.5×	877 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	513 0.9×	158 0.3×	99	3.9k
H. David Shine United States	30	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	238 0.2×	262 0.5×	1.0k 1.9×	50	3.7k
Betty Soliven United States	35	936 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	585 1.1×	141 0.3×	86	3.9k
Reinhard Kiefer Germany	33	1.4k 0.9×	958 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.5k 2.8×	115 0.2×	60	4.4k
C Vital France	33	1.1k 0.7×	2.4k 2.3×	2.0k 2.0×	1.2k 2.2×	143 0.3×	203	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Killian

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Jones, Karlie, Christina Wei, Polina Iakova, et al.. (2012). GSK3β mediates muscle pathology in myotonic dystrophy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(12). 4461–4472. 106 indexed citations

Killian, James M., et al.. (2011). Comparison of Sudomotor and Sensory Nerve Testing in Painful Sensory Neuropathies. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 12(3). 138–142. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Guangjie, Hong Nie, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2009). Regulatory effects of IFN‐β on production of osteopontin and IL‐17 by CD4⁺ T Cells in MS. European Journal of Immunology. 39(9). 2525–2536. 71 indexed citations

Hong, Jang Hee, Haiyan Li, Menglin Chen, et al.. (2009). Regulatory and pro-inflammatory phenotypes of myelin basic protein-autoreactive T cells in multiple sclerosis. International Immunology. 21(12). 1329–1340. 14 indexed citations

Killian, James M. & Perry J. Foreman. (2001). Clinical utility of dorsal sural nerve conduction studies. Muscle & Nerve. 24(6). 817–820. 53 indexed citations

Tejada‐Simon, Maria V., Ying C. Q. Zang, Deye Yang, et al.. (2000). Aberrant T cell responses to myelin antigens during clinical exacerbation in patients with multiple sclerosis. International Immunology. 12(12). 1641–1650. 30 indexed citations

Zang, Ying C. Q., Jian Hong, Maria V. Tejada‐Simon, et al.. (2000). Th2 immune regulation induced by T cell vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Immunology. 30(3). 908–913. 45 indexed citations

Potocki, Lorraine, Ken‐Shiung Chen, Thearith Koeuth, et al.. (1999). DNA Rearrangements on Both Homologues of Chromosome 17 in a Mildly Delayed Individual with a Family History of Autosomal Dominant Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 64(2). 471–478. 49 indexed citations

Zang, Ying C. Q., Milena Kozovska, Jian Hong, et al.. (1999). Impaired apoptotic deletion of myelin basic protein-reactive T cells in patients with multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Immunology. 29(5). 1692–1700. 73 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Frank, Richard A. Lewis, Lorraine Potocki, et al.. (1996). Multi-disciplinary clinical study of Smith-Magenis syndrome (deletion 17p11.2). American Journal of Medical Genetics. 62(3). 247–254. 239 indexed citations

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Warner, Laura E., Max J. Hilz, Stanley H. Appel, et al.. (1996). Clinical Phenotypes of Different MPZ (P0) Mutations May Include Charcot–Marie–Tooth Type 1B, Dejerine–Sottas, and Congenital Hypomyelination. Neuron. 17(3). 451–460. 288 indexed citations

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Killian, James M., et al.. (1996). Longitudinal studies of the duplication form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth polyneuropathy. Muscle & Nerve. 19(1). 74–78. 42 indexed citations

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Killian, James M., et al.. (1994). Decremental motor responses to repetitive nerve stimulation in ALS. Muscle & Nerve. 17(7). 747–754. 63 indexed citations

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Zori, Roberto T., James R. Lupski, Heju Zhang, et al.. (1993). Clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular evidence for an infant with Smith–Magenis syndrome born from a mother having a mosaic 17p11.2p12 deletion. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 47(4). 504–511. 65 indexed citations

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Lupski, James R., Roberto Montes‐de‐Oca‐Luna, Susan Slaugenhaupt, et al.. (1991). DNA duplication associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Cell. 66(2). 219–232. 1013 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bryan, R. Nick, et al.. (1991). Diagnosis of acute cerebral infarction: comparison of CT and MR imaging.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 12(4). 611–20. 209 indexed citations

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Engelhardt, József I., Stanley H. Appel, & James M. Killian. (1990). Motor neuron destruction in guinea pigs immunized with bovine spinal cord ventral horn homogenate: experimental autoimmune gray matter disease. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 27(1). 21–31. 59 indexed citations

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Hayman, L. Anne, Katherine H. Taber, Satish G. Jhingran, James M. Killian, & Robert G. Carroll. (1989). Cerebral infarction: diagnosis and assessment of prognosis by using 123IMP-SPECT and CT.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 10(3). 557–562. 18 indexed citations

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Engelhardt, József I., et al.. (1989). Experimental autoimmune motoneuron disease. Annals of Neurology. 26(3). 368–376. 68 indexed citations

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Killian, James M., Robert B. Bressler, R. M. Armstrong, & David P. Huston. (1988). Controlled Pilot Trial of Monthly Intravenous Cyclophosphamide in Multiple Sclerosis. Archives of Neurology. 45(1). 27–30. 36 indexed citations

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